Cases already seen in Nashville

10:53 PM,
Nov. 20, 2013

People should get flu vaccines before they travel for the holidays, Dr. Brad Hoover says.

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Doctors are recommending that people get flu vaccinations before spending time with family and friends during the Thanksgiving holidays because the virus is already circulating in surrounding states and cases have been documented in Nashville.

Dr. Brad Hoover, an emergency room physician at TriStar Summit Medical Center, said a patient was diagnosed with a type B influenza on Wednesday afternoon.

While the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported sporadic activity in Tennessee, the flu had already established a regional presence in Alabama by early November. Local ...